A friend made a cash offer for my old MacBook Pro which was about to be left behind in the world of Mountain Lion (it was a 2006 C2D) and I jumped at his offer because it was a really good price. Now I am Macless (sigh) and felt a Macmini would be an outstanding replacement ,especially since I have a Samsung 24" monitor waiting to be used. So do I grab the 2011 Macmini refurbs for $519 or wait for a new model? On a side note I want to use the macMini for the following

Is the MacMini capable of all of this stuff? I have a home built PC with a Core2Duo which does all this and more so I imaging the MM will accomplish this with ease with the help of the i5 processor and maybe max the ram at 16gb of 1333

I would check on the Craigslist or wait for the new one. Even better get one on the CL when the new comes just resell it and get the new one..._________________Mac Mini i7, 2.3 GHZ, 16GB Ram.
Macbook pro 2009 Core 2 Duo, 240GB SSD, 2.66GHz, 8GB Ram
Dead PowerBook 180, M4440 33 MHz, 8 MB ram.

I would check on the Craigslist or wait for the new one. Even better get one on the CL when the new comes just resell it and get the new one...

Excellent idea - it's funny - I bought an iPad 1 on CL for about $320 a few days before the iPad 2 was getting released and unloaded it for $400 2 months later when I decided I wanted the iPad 2 - people pay a lot for things..

I just did a buy it now on eBay MM i5 2.33ghz with 4 gb RAM for $485 shipped to the house....not a tremendous savings but it's something...taco bell money lol

The new models are bound to bring in Ivy Bridge and USB 3.0, but I wouldn't wait around seeing that the current models are more than capable or running Mountain Lion. I mean, if you really need a new computer. Plus, who really knows what the future holds? Apple could leave the Mac mini in it's current state for another year. Just look at the history of Mac mini updates and what they've done with the Mac Pro over the last couple years._________________2011 Mac mini with 8GB of RAM
2012 Mac mini Server with 16GB of RAM
46" Sony TV
24" HP LCD
Apple wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse
2 x 1TB MiniStacks
1TB MiniStack Max